by Bob | Apr 5, 2016 | Biblical Counseling, Suffering
Fully Biblical, Biblical Counseling A number of years ago, I crafted a series of blog posts focused on Half Biblical Biblical Counseling. In those posts, I emphasized the Bible’s call on biblical counselors to: Highlight not only truth, but truth and love, Scripture...
by Bob | Mar 27, 2016 | Easter, Good Friday, Resurrection
He Is Risen, Indeed! “He is risen!” “He is risen, indeed!” The Fountain of Life Opened Up Just what happened at Easter? What difference does Easter make? Easter changes everything. Easter makes all the difference in the world. John Flavel’s (1671) Easter sermon, The...
by Bob | Mar 26, 2016 | Easter, Good Friday, Waiting
It’s Saturday, the day before Easter. On the Christian calendar, we often forget this day. Yesterday was Good Friday. Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. On Friday, Jesus is crucified; dies for our sins. His followers mourn. On Sunday, Jesus is resurrected; He’s risen! He’s...
by Bob | Mar 25, 2016 | Cross, Easter, Good Friday
One of the most powerful practices we can participate in to prepare our hearts for Good Friday and Easter is to reflect on the 7 Last Words of Christ on the Cross. I’ve arranged them below chronologically, as Jesus spoke them. We can allow each word, each sentence,...
by Bob | Feb 28, 2016 | Black History Month
It’s my privilege to serve at Crossroads Bible College as the VP of Institutional Development and the Chair of the Biblical Counseling department. Crossroads is a wonderful school with an ethnically-diverse student body. Our diversity is not accidental. It is a...